Currently my work as an artist is experimenting with my body, movement and traditional painting/drawing materials in order to create a dialogue between dance and painting. It is my body's history as that of a trained dancer and my training as a visual artist that lead me to initiate dialogue in and about time, the moment, the materials, movement, space, the environment, issues of beauty and the experience of the live event. I am literally using my body as a material, I am moving within the art piece, merging myself between two worlds of space, that of two dimensional space, (painting/ drawing) and that of the three dimensional space of physical movement, dance. I want to share the all-encompassing physical process of painting and many times emotional dilemma that is behind the finished end product.

Recently I am inspired by and look to artists such as Ana Mendieta, Carolee Schneeman, and Pina Bausch.

Similarities are in the emphasis in use of the body as a means of expressing identity (as a woman). Anna Mendieta's work demonstrates a response to the (artistic) dominance of painting; this is interesting to me based on my background as a painter. Carolee Schneeman talks of her intuition and trust of the body.

I resist formally categorizing my self as any one "type" of creative artist. I strive to see beyond formal boundaries that are used to define an artist as a painter, dancer etc..I rely on my intuitive response to how and what is the best way to express and process ideas that I continue to explore in my work as an artist.

I hope to continue to reach visual arts, performing arts', educational and experimental arts' minded communities that focus on and/or are interested in experiencing a renewed awareness to how we define the concept of interdisciplinary work that pushes boundaries in new ways.

Education:

University of California at Berkeley, Masters in Fine Arts 2004

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN., BA ART HISTORY, 1989

Adelphi University, Garden City, NY, Dance Major, 1984

California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA; 1996-1997, 2000-2001

University of California, Berkley, CA; 1994-1995

San Francisco School of Art, San Francisco, CA; 1993-1995

Juried Competitions:

University of California at Berkeley, Masters in Fine Arts 2004

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN., BA ART HISTORY, 1989

Adelphi University, Garden City, NY, Dance Major, 1984

California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA; 1996-1997, 2000-2001

University of California, Berkley, CA; 1994-1995

San Francisco School of Art, San Francisco, CA; 1993-1995

Peninsula Open Studios and International Juried Show at Herbst Pavillion, The Presidio of San Francisco, CA 2003. Juror; Marian Parmentier, MOMA Artist's Gallery